Tag: Right to privacy
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Section 377: India sees the light, in all its rainbow glory
Section 377: We need to cherish this moment of victory. For history has been made in our lifetime, long overdue, and well-earned
September 7, 2018 -
Redefining a right
It might come as surprise to many, given the furore surrounding the recent Facebook saga, that privacy is a fairly recent construct. The initial definitional basis for privacy was grounded in the idea of the right of an individual to live as a stranger amongst strangers. Over the years particularly in the post-World War II …
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June 20, 2018 -
Law underlining Aadhaar will have to be strengthened: NITI Aayog
NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar on Wednesday said that the law underlining Aadhaar will have to be strengthened in the wake of Supreme Court upholding the right to privacy as a fundamental right. “Article 21 has been interpreted again. The law underlining Aadhaar will have to be strengthened,” he said here at the conclave on …
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September 13, 2017 -
Restricting restrictions
The Supreme Court’s judgment in Justice Puttaswamy v Union has placed privacy squarely in the cluster of fundamental rights guaranteed under Part III of the Constitution, terming it as a natural and inalienable right. It is thus above transient legislatures; any laws they make violating this right will be invalid and governmental action which disrespects …
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August 29, 2017 -
‘Gold-standard’ set
The relationship between state and citizen has been established afresh. In declaring privacy a fundamental right, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court has set a new gold standard against which myriad aspects of that relationship will require re-evaluation. In overturning two previous verdicts the nine-judge Bench headed by the Chief Justice has stressed that …
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August 26, 2017 -
Non-state authorities will have to abide by SC ruling on privacy: Prasad
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said that non-state authorities collecting data will have to abide by the Supreme Court verdict that right to privacy is a fundamental right. Prasad, addressing a press conference here, was asked about the impact of the judgment on other agencies, apart from Aadhaar, which are collecting data, …
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August 24, 2017 -
SC ruling on privacy will have wider implications, say experts
With the Supreme Court on Thursday declaring that the right to privacy is a fundamental right, legal and constitutional experts said that now every government policy, rule, regulation and law that interferes with the right to privacy could be challenged and struck down — from the Aadhaar scheme to Section 377 on homosexuality. The landmark …
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August 24, 2017 -
‘SC ruling on right to privacy setback for government’
The Supreme Court’s ruling on Thursday that the right to privacy is a fundamental right is a “setback” for the government, noted lawyer Prashant Bhushan said. “This is a setback for the government” because it goes against itss stand on privacy, Bhushan who is party to the case told reporters. In a landmark judgment, a …
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August 24, 2017 -
Right to privacy is fundamental: Supreme Court
A nine-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that right to privacy is fundamental and an intrinsic part of Right to Life and Liberty. A five-judge bench hearing a bunch of petitions challenging the Aadhaar Act had earlier referred the matter to a larger bench. The bench, headed by Chief Justice of …
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August 24, 2017 -
Right to privacy not fundamental right: Centre to SC
The Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court since privacy was multifaceted, it could not be treated as a fundamental right. Attorney General K K Venugopal resumed his arguments before a nine-judge bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar, stressing that it was not a fundamental right. “There is no fundamental right to privacy …
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July 27, 2017 -
The privacy paradigm
The issue of whether Right of Privacy is a fundamental right under the Constitution is being heard by a nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India and has a direct bearing on the Court’s mandate to examine the Constitutional validity of the Aadhaar scheme. The definition of Right to Privacy varies according to …
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July 27, 2017 -
Did you say privacy? It has already been violated
The Supreme Court recently constituted a nine-judge bench to decide the extent to which Indians are entitled to the right to privacy; this may be a prelude to the most significant decision of the Court in the 21st Century. Arrayed before this Bench are the country’s top lawyers; ready to assist it with their immense …
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July 26, 2017 -
Four non-BJP ruled states move SC in favour of Right to Privacy
Four non-BJP ruled states, including Karnataka and West Bengal, on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court seeking to intervene in the ongoing hearing on the issue of whether the Right to Privacy can be declared as one of the Fundamental Rights under the Constitution. Besides Karnataka and West Bengal, two Congress-led states of Punjab and Puducherry …
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July 26, 2017 -
Right to privacy is inherent in Constitution, SC told
Senior counsel Gopal Subramanium told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that the right to privacy is a pre-existing natural right which is inherent in the Constitution though not explicitly mentioned. Subramanium is leading the argument on behalf of the petitioners who have challenged the Aadhaar scheme on the grounds of its being violative of the …
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July 19, 2017 -
Twitterati engage in war of words over ‘Right To Privacy’
As the Supreme Court began hearing on whether right to privacy is a fundamental right on which hinges the challenge to the validity of the Aadhaar scheme, Twitter users from across the country locked horns over the matter as some accused the Centre of intruding their privacy while others deemed the step necessary. The house …
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July 19, 2017 -
9-judge Constitution bench to decide on right to privacy
The Supreme Court on Tuesday decided to set up a nine-judge bench to decide if the right to privacy can be declared as a fundamental right under the Indian Constitution. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar said the larger bench would examine the correctness of the two judgments delivered in the …
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July 18, 2017 -
Do we have a right to privacy?
Puttuswamy v Union of India (“Aadhaar case”) has been referred to a larger constitutional bench in order to decide whether right to privacy is a fundamental right guaranteed to Indian citizens. The Attorney General argued that in the MP Sharma case (eight judge bench) and Kharak Singh case (six judge bench), the Supreme Court had …
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May 17, 2017